Indeed she had a humble beginning. Mercy explains in a recent interview how she and her family members moved into an uncompleted
building just to have a roof over themselves and how her brother turned
into a bricklayer to cater for the family. She also talked about her
journey into Nollywood. It’s touching;
“Sometimes when I cry in movies, it isn’t the script that makes me
cry. When I recall my humble beginning, I give thanks to God. When I
remember how we moved into an uncompleted building and had to take cover
whenever it rained because of the condition of the house; how my
brother did a menial job as a bricklayer to earn a living and those days
when we rolled over a stick to cover the windows up till the point when
I started acting and raised money to cover the roof… I recall those
days we were living with lizards because the floor and the walls of the
house were not plastered, or when I had scars as a result of my several
falls.” She disclosed.
On her journey into acting
“After my secondary school education, I failed the University
Matriculation Examination (UME) and came back to Lagos to get a degree.
While that was on, I watched Genevieve Nnaji in a movie entitled: Sharon
Stone. I later approached a friend for assistance to feature in a
movie. He said I had a great body and that I would make a good actress.
He later took me to the National Theatre, but a role did not come until a
year later, when I had my first lead role in a film entitled: The Maid.
“
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